Project Cost Risk

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    Estimate total project cost with uncertain labor, materials, and contingency

    NOTEModel Overview
    📊 PROJECT COST MODEL Estimates total budget: • Labor with schedule risk • Materials with price volatility • Contingency percentage
    VARIABLELabor Cost
    triangular
    Total labor expense estimate
    labor
    VARIABLEMaterials Cost
    lognormal
    Materials with supply chain risk
    materials
    VARIABLEContingency %
    uniform
    Buffer for unknowns (5-15%)
    contingency_pct
    FORMULABase Cost
    labor + materials
    Before contingency
    labor
    materials
    base_cost
    FORMULATotal Cost
    base_cost * (1 + contingency_pct)
    Final budget estimate
    base_cost
    contingency_pct
    total_cost
    OUTPUTProject Budget
    Total Project Cost ($)

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